She also rebuts the charge that the programme has damaged the force's reputation, saying it was never her intention to draw adverse publicity to the excellent work being carried out by officers.

She said: "The only reason I agreed to do the documentary was to help people to better understand the job of a Police and Crime Commissioner."

But few were complimentary about how she had come across in the programme.

The aircraft banner saying 'Ann Barnes out - resign'

Many compared her to David Brent, the buffoon in Ricky Gervais's The Office mockumentary.

Even the chairman of the Kent Police Federation Ian Pointon struggled to find good points in the show, describing it as "something of a disaster", "an horrendous hour of television" and potentially damaging to the force's reputation.